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Arlington, Va. –On Thursday, a group of Senate Republicans released a $928 billion counterproposal to President Biden’s infrastructure plan. Americans for Prosperity Chief Government Affairs Officer Brent Gardner issued the following statement: “Instead of trying to find consensus on an arbitrary dollar figure that politicians can stomach, Congress should focus on actually reforming the way […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity today responded to efforts by a pair of congressional lawmakers to revive single payer health care in the form of a government option. As AFP has said repeatedly, the government option is the absolute wrong approach to making health care more affordable and accessible. It would rob patients of choice, […]
CONCORD, NH – Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) today commended the Senate for passing HB 606, a bill that exempts services provided without remuneration from license requirements for barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics. Current law states that cutting hair without a state license is a Class A misdemeanor, even including individuals who cut family members’ hair […]
As Minnesota’s legislative session heads to overtime, state lawmakers should be focused on agenda items that unite rather than divide. One key area where there is fertile common ground is criminal justice reform. In the Minnesota Post, Jason Flohrs, state director of Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota, endorses a handful of proposals that “focus on eliminating both […]
Phoenix, AZ – Americans for Prosperity-Arizona (AFP-AZ), the LIBRE Initiative, and Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) today led a coalition of leading taxpayer advocacy and government accountability organizations issuing a letter to state legislators in support of a tax reform proposal that would lower Arizona’s income tax rate to one flat rate of 2.5% with […]
MADISON, WI—Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) today commended the Wisconsin Assembly, Senate, and Joint Finance Committee leaders for standing up for taxpayers and against efforts to expand the broken Medicaid system as proposed by Governor Evers. In seeking to expand Medicaid to childless, able-bodied working adults, Gov. Evers would risk the health and needs of the […]
CONCORD, NH – Following the U.S. Solicitor General filing an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court urging them to reject New Hampshire’s lawsuit against the state of Massachusetts for its unconstitutional move to tax Granite Staters who no longer commute to the Bay State for work, Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) today urged the […]
Jaime Gravitt comes from a long line of entrepreneurs and independent contractors. Her great-grandmother came to the United States from Italy and started her own restaurant. Her maternal grandparents, she says in a new video for Americans for Prosperity’s Flex Your Independence campaign, “never worked for anybody a day in their lives.” They were prolific […]
ST. PAUL, MN – Americans For Prosperity – Minnesota (AFP-MN) State Director Jason Flohrs recently penned an opinion piece that appeared in MinnPost highlighting common sense action that can be taken now to enact meaningful criminal justice reforms with bipartisan support. Focusing on bills currently in the legislature, the column urged legislators to adopt these evidence-based […]
